Dunstan has 2.1 jobs for every working resident: 2,111 people commute in to work
Only 3% work in Dunstan; the top destination outside it is Portland (30%, 11 miles). 2,142 jobs are based in Dunstan for 1,036 working residents. Home is the office for 26% of workers (Maine 16%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Dunstan and work: the main findings
Most Dunstan residents work close to home
73% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about three in four. Only 8% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Dunstan is where the jobs are
Dunstan has 2,142 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 3,500 people are in town, 47% more than the 2,400 who live here. Day and night ↓
Dunstan and Portland trade workers both ways
Portland is the top workplace for Dunstan residents (30%) and also where the most people who work in Dunstan come from (10% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
A lot of Dunstan works from home
26% of Dunstan workers work from home, against 16% across Maine. Time on the road ↓
Dunstan has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Dunstan went from 1,581 in 2013 to 2,142 in 2023, +35%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Half of Dunstan commutes less than 8 miles
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Dunstan on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,005 residents head out to work and 31 work right here.
About 3,500 people are in Dunstan on a workday afternoon, 47% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The towns that send workers to Dunstan
Where Dunstan clocks in
30% of workers
12% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How long Dunstan spends getting to work: about 22 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dunstan workers work from home, vs 16% across Maine. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 936 commuters (the 26% who work from home are left out). Across Maine: 84% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Dunstan
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dunstan, 2013 → 2023: 1,581 → 2,142. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dunstan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Dunstan: questions
What is the median household income in Dunstan?
$91,067 (±$58,447) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $74,733 across Maine and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dunstan?
13.4%, against 10.7% across Maine and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dunstan?
22 minutes each way on average, against 25 across Maine and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dunstan work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Portland (30%, 11 mi), Scarborough (17%, 3 mi), South Portland (12%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dunstan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dunstan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dunstan
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.